Truck stolen from Plympton driveway
THIEVES made off with pick-up truck which had been left on a Plympton driveway. The blue Nissan Cabstar pickup, bearing the registration number R432 STA, was stolen from the driveway in Plymouth Road...
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View ArticleCouncillor left flat in 'squalid' condition, court rules
A COUNCILLOR has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 in rent, damages and costs after a Judge ruled he had left his rented flat in a "squalid" condition. Judge Lee Thomas, sitting at Bodmin County...
View ArticleDevon woman terrorised by sick stalker who randomly picked number...
A MAN terrorised a young Devon woman and threatened to kill her after finding her by randomly picking a number out of the phone book - and changing two digits. Sick Sakkir Choudhury, 30, chose a number...
View ArticleDevon grandmother admits killing 18-day-old baby
A GRANDMOTHER has admitted killing her 18-day-old baby boy - more than 50 years ago when she was a schoolgirl. Melody Cassan smothered little Wayne Harper with a cushion in 1963, a court heard. The...
View ArticleBuddhist man on Plymouth bus was accused of being ISIS terrorist,...
POLICE are keen to trace this man - or his two friends – after an incident on a bus which saw a Sri Lankan Buddhist accused of being an ISIS terrorist before being assaulted. The alleged victim was on...
View ArticleLandowner cleared by Plymouth jury of running over hunt dogs
A LANDOWNER has been cleared of running over some harrier hounds in a lane and reversing at speed at some of the hunt's horse riders. Jonathon Wright-Watson, aged 55, has also been acquitted by a jury...
View ArticlePlymouth rape accused: 'drunken doorstep sex was consensual'
A MAN who had sex with a woman on her doorstep said he made "a stupid drunken mistake", a rape trial heard. But Alan Seager, aged 28, told police the sex was consensual and he had not taken advantage...
View ArticleUp before Plymouth magistrates
ASSAULT: JAN DE BRAUW, aged 38, of Glanville Road, Tavistock: assaulting a woman by beating and harassment of a woman – 24-month community order with 180 hours unpaid work and the Building Better...
View ArticleKnife-wielding thug is jailed for attacking Plymouth housemate
A KNIFE-WIELDING thug has been jailed for attacking a neighbour after accusing him of breaking a house rule by bringing a woman home late at night. David Edwards, aged 41, scratched the face of the...
View ArticlePlymouth trio part of gang dealing heroin worth £120,000
THREE people face years in jail after confessing to being part of gang supplying heroin worth £120,000. Alison Daniel, aged 50, Andrew McFarlane, aged 49, and 46-year-old Kevin Kingwell were arrested...
View ArticleAngry thug ran over neighbour in Plymouth parking dispute
AN ANGRY thug run over a neighbour in his car in a row over parking, a court heard. Andrew Glazsher, aged 46, knocked over the man after he moved a wheelie bin saving a space outside his home. He drove...
View ArticlePlymouth heroin addict locked up for having blade in street
A CHRONIC heroin addict has been jailed for assault and having a bladed multi-tool in the street. David Dugdale, aged 32, was locked up for five months in total at Plymouth Crown Court. Dugdale, of...
View ArticleChild rapist who got teen pregnant loses appeal against...
A Cornwall child rapist who was caged after getting a teenage girl pregnant today failed in a Court of Appeal bid to clear his name and win his freedom. Terrence Harold Tucker, 49, denied four counts...
View ArticlePlymouth sex offender in jail because he doesn't know the Turkish...
A fugitive sex offender who was caged after he was caught on-the-run in Turkey today claimed he is only in a British jail because he forgot the Turkish word for 'absent'. Alfred John Palmer, 58, of...
View ArticleDepressed woman set fire to curtains at block of Plymouth flats
AN ALCOHOLIC woman started a fire in her home which forced the evacuation of a four-storey block of flats, a court heard. Shirley Mears, aged 56, told neighbours she had meant to kill herself in the...
View ArticleRunaway courier who brought cocaine to Plymouth is jailed
A RUNAWAY courier who brought cocaine worth tens of thousands of pounds into Plymouth has been jailed for more than nine years. Daniel Harris, aged 45, was part of a sophisticated gang which trafficked...
View ArticleThief fleeced Plymouth widow he met on dating site out of...
A CALLOUS conman fleeced a widow he met on a dating website out of her £40,000 life savings, a court heard. Ian Mackenzie, aged 50, lied to the pensioner over 11 years and borrowed money he never...
View Article83-year-old woman fights off handbag robber outside Plymouth...
AN 83-YEAR-OLD woman managed to fight off a would-be robber - even after she pushed her to the floor in a bid to make off with her handbag.The pensioner clung on to her bag after being attacked in the...
View ArticlePolice close down Plymouth section of A38 to rescue missing...
POLICE shut all four lanes of the A38 to rescue a teenage girl who had gone missing. Response officers had initially received calls after concerns were raised for the missing 16-year-old girl by family...
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